1953- . English cricketer who plays for Essex
county and England. He made his first-class
cricket debut in 1973 followed by his first
appearance for the England team 1975. Banned
for three years for captaining a team for a
tour of South Africa in 1982, he was later
re-instated as England captain in 1989. He
scored a world record 456 runs in a Test
match against India in 1990. He became the
fourth man to average 100 runs per innings in
an English season and has appeared in more
than 80 Test matches. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
all first-class matches
runs: 31,363
average: 46.46
best: 333 (England v. India 1990)
wickets: 213
average: 34.46
best: 7-14 (Essex v. Worcestershire 1982)
Test matches
runs: 5,910
average: 41.62
best: 333 (England v. India 1990)
wickets: 15
average: 47.80
best: 2-12 (England v. India 1981-82)